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    Hi all!

    I have a 4-year-old who was recently tested with the WIAT. He was tested out of level � given subtests for reading that as I understand it aren�t usually given to 4-year-olds, because he can read quite well.

    Based on his results, I suspect that he may qualify for the Young Scholar program; but I don�t have standard scores and percentiles � only age/grade equivalents. Is there a way I can work out his percentiles (at least for the youngest age the tests are normed for), by working backward from the age equivalents? Ie, 8y2m equals xx raw score, which equals xxx standard score?

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    Welcome!

    It can be done by someone with access to the norm tables (which should be a qualified examiner), but I suspect that those types of scores won't be accepted by DYS anyway. You need an official evaluation report from the examiner. Are you asking if you can generate your own scores, or just trying to figure out if it's worth going back to the examiner for a formal report?


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    I know I�d need an official report; I was hoping to be able to work it out to see if it�s worth paying the examiner to do it! smile

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    In that case, I would suggest checking first to see if you can even obtain two qualifying composites. You need at least two out of Total Achievement, Total Reading, Written Expression, or Mathematics.

    E.g., for Total Reading, you need to have four subtests: reading comprehension, word reading, pseudoword decoding, and oral reading fluency. For Written Expression, you need alphabet writing fluency, sentence composition, and spelling. For Mathematics, you need math problem solving and numerical operations.

    Total Achievement should be a little bit easier, because at his age, that can be obtained from just five subtests: listening comprehension, oral expression, early reading skills, math problem solving, and alphabet writing fluency--this would also be a real age-normed standard score, unlike the others, which would be grade-normed, using a placeholder grade to derive above-level standard scores.

    If you'd like to pm me, we can discuss this further using your actual subtest data.


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    Ah, drat � I�ve got math problem solving and numerical operations (the latter of which might be the score that undoes it all); and reading comp, word reading and pseudoword decoding � but no oral reading fluency.

    I�ll pm you!


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